LATEST
UPDATES August 12, 2006: Larger artworks for New Captain Scarlet Series 2
and New Captain Scarlet Series 1 and 2 DVD boxsets /// July 30, 2006:
Artwork revealed for Series 2 DVD boxset /// JULY 22, 2006: New
Captain Scarlet, Series 2 DVD set - available for pre-order /// JULY 2,
2006: New Captain Scarlet Series 2, DVD announced for release in September
/// APRIL 22, 2006: Bandai launches new sets of toys for New Captain
Scarlet

CAUTIONARY
NOTE: In view of all the contradictory information circulating
presently on the net -
readers must be advised that although this site makes all in its powers to
verify every bits of news and its veracity, some details over information may be
revealed as FALSE over time. This site will provide with updates and
detailed info as it will become available, and will make amendments when
necessary.

News to upcoming events regarding the world of Captain Scarlet - and
sometimes other Gerry Anderson's related shows - will be posted here for your
information!

If
you ever learn of interesting news, you're invited to contact me, and we'll let
people know about it. And if you have any comments to offer, regarding a
subject offered on this page, you can also write and tell me about
it.

CAUTIONARY
NOTE: In view of all the contradictory information circulating
presently on the net - especially in regard of the upcoming CGI series -
readers must be advised that although this site makes all in its powers to
verify every bits of news and its veracity, some details over information may be
revealed as FALSE over time. This site will provide with updates and
detailed info as it will become available, and will make amendments when
necessary.

The
deadline is coming close now for the release, in September 18, of
the Captain Scarlet series 2 DVD set, individual discs for series 2 AND a
complete set of both Series 1 & 2.

Although
we STILL don't have any details of what Series 2 will contain as extras,
larger pics of artwork for both the Series 2 set and the Complete Series 1
& 2 set have been discovered online, at Amazon.co.uk that we are now
sharing here with you.

No
sign so far of what the individual discs artwork will look like.

From
Amazon's description of their Complete Series 1 & 2 boxset (Captain
Scarlet Series 1 & 2 Slip Case) it might be that it
will indeed include the same boxes as for each of the two series,
collected in one large slipcase. Although nothing is still sure at
this point, we will try our best to confirm this information to you as it
becomes available.

Following
hot on the news of the September release for the Series 2 release on DVD,
here's the artwork for the complete Series 2 boxset:

Granted,
for now, the pic is small, but as soon as this site is able to find a much
better one, we'll make sure to post it in this space.

Cover
art for the Complete Series 1 and 2 boxset, as well as cover art for each
individual disc will be revealed as they become
available.

The
same goes for the information on the DVDs extras

UPDATES,
JULY 22, 2006:

GERRY ANDERSON'S NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET, SERIES 2
DVDs RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2006 - PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY ONLINE AT AMAZON.CO.UK

As announced
earlier this month, the long awaited series 2 of New Captain Scarlet will
be available in DVD on September 18, 2006. The second series will be offered as a complete box set,
and as
four individual discs, just like Series 1 last year.

A complete
series boxset, containing ALL of the 26 episodes of the series will also be
available, as a very affordable price, so fans who didn't buy the first series
as yet, might be waiting for this boxset instead.

No image of
the covers are available at the moment, and there is no details
concerning the discs, or what the extras would be, for any of the sets.This
website will keep you informed on new developments as they become
available.

For now, you
can always pre-order your copy of New Captain Scarlet Series 2, at
Amazon.co.uk, by clicking the following banner, or the complete set or any of
the individual discs, by clicking any of the links below.

Since
Thursday, June 29, 2006, the Play.com
website has announced, for pre-order, the long awaited New Captain
Scarlet Series 2 on DVD. Marked with a release date of September
18, 2006, the second series will be offered as a complete box set or as
four individual discs, just like Series 1 last year. Play.com
also announces a Complete Series 1 & 2 Boxset at a competitive
price.

No
image of the covers are available at the moment, and there is no details
concerning the discs, or what the extras would be.

No
other online merchant has made the same announcement as yet.

This
website will keep you informed on new developments as they become
available!

UPDATES,
APRIL 22, 2006:

BANDAI LAUNCHES NEW SERIES
OF NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET TOYS

In the last weeks, Bandai launched its new
series of New
Captain Scarlet toys. As announced in a previous article,
Colonel White and Destiny Angel joined the line of action figures -
bringing the set to five figures now, with Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue
and Captain Black. In addition to these, two new sets of mini
vehicles have also been added to the two previous releases: Set C
comprises the Rhino and its Albatross transporter, along with a mini
figure of Captain Blue, while set D features the Stallion Raid Bike, the
Cheetah and the Druzniuk Tank, along with a figure of Captain Black.
Both the Rhino and the Tank come with sounds effects, provided by LR44
batteries.

The
toys are presently sold directly on the Bandai
UK site, along with all the previously released New Captain Scarlet
toys. For more details, and to order these items, you can check
the CGI
Merchandises page.

NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET AIRED IN JAPAN

Japan joined the U.K., South Africa and
Australia in the airing of the New Captain Scarlet series. Since
March 12, the series can be viewed on Animax, at midnight on Sunday.
No news yet concerning viewing in France or the United States, although
nothing came to deny reports that the series has be bought by TF1 (France)
and Voom Animania (U.S.). There is no information so far on
yet other Network around the world that might have bought the viewing
rights of the series.

More news to come as it becomes
available.

UPDATES,
MARCH 11, 2006:

NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET PRESENTLY
AIRING IN U.K., SOUTH AFRICA AND AUTRALIA - OTHER COUNTRIES TO
FOLLOW

As these lines are written, the Gerry
Anderson's New Captain Scarlet series is presently viewed in different
parts around the world. In UK, CITV 4 started airing an entire new
run of the high-quality series on March 11. All 26 episodes are
expected to be aired in the following weeks, in a 5.30PM, a much better
time slot than in the middle of the Saturday morning MOM programming, last
year, which should also appeal to a older and different range of audience.

New Captain Scarlet had been showed since
January in South Africa, on M-NET in an 8.30am slot on Saturday
mornings.

and had recently started running in
Australia, on Monday 6, 6.00PM, on ABC2, a free-to-air digital channel, as
part of their ABCKids Rollercoaster strand for older children.

New Captain Scarlet has also been sold to France (TF1), Japan
(Animax) and the USA where it will be broadcast in High Definition for the
first time on Voom HD Networks' Animania HD channel.

More to come.

UPDATES
FEBRUARY 6, 2006:

SITE
NEWS: SKYBASE CENTRAL IS LAUNCHED!

Members
and visitors of the Spectrum Headquarters Forum already know this. And
maybe some of you have taken note of the 'odd' address under which the CGI
merchandises page was listed. The administration of the Spectrum
Headquarters site had announced its desire of creating a sub-domain (section)
within its space totally dedicated to the Gerry Anderson's New Captain
Scarlet series. Since the untimely 'death' of the Official site, a few
weeks ago, following the end of the second season's airing on television,
it seemed that the web community (read: fans of the new series) was now in
dire need of a new place where information about the show will be
gathered.

SKYBASE
CENTRAL was mainly created using a similar presentation as SPECTRUM
HEADQUARTERS - on which space it's now reside. It will contain the
same kind of information and subject as Spectrum Headquarters, but specific to
the New Captain Scarlet series. Characters, crafts, vehicles, episode
guide, technical information, merchandises, everything you want to know about
the show will be listed there. And more.

At
the moment, the information you can find on Skybase Central is as follow:

The CGI
Merchandises page - with a list of all which is presently available from
the New Captain Scarlet series.

List
of Episodes on the Episode
Guide page. Details on each episodes will
be added eventually.

Fan
Fiction page: list of presently available New Captain Scarlet fan
fiction on this site. There isn't many of them right now on the list,
but other stories have been promised, and should be added soon.
Hopefully, this will generate interest in other writers, who will also send
in their submissions for this brand new section!

The
answers from Gerry Anderson to Forum Members' questions have been
moved to Skybase Central Miscellaneous
page. The CGI page on the Spectrum Headquarters space will eventually
be moved on Skybase Central too, as soon as the information it contains is
thoroughly checked and compiled appropriately.

Others
pages are in preparations, as you will notice when you'll visit Skybase
Central. Since there already
isn't much information about the show, the administration of Spectrum
Headquarters (and Skybase Central) will rely heavily on the series' fans to
provide most of them - in order to create the most complete database of
information possible.

Don't
hesitate to contact the webmaster at the following address for any comments,
suggestions and material you think might be of use for this new site.

Spectrum
Headquarters and Skybase Central will continue with its mandate to keep you
inform on every news that might interest you on your favourite shows. Stay
tuned!

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NEW
CAPTAIN SCARLET ON BRITISH TELEVISION AGAIN - AND OTHER NEWS ABOUT MERCHANDISING

Fanderson
beat everyone to the news (Well done!) and members on the Spectrum HQ forum already started
discussing this! New Captain Scarlet series will soon be aired again on
British television. Digital Channel ITV4, which is already airing other
Gerry Andersons's shows, such as UFO, Space: 199 and The Protectors, will
soon be airing the entire run of 26 episodes of New Captain Scarlet as
well. A date has yet to be determined.

[...] The ITV4 run of
New Captain Scarlet will help to boost sales of a second wave of
merchandising which got underway last week with the publication of Puffin Books'
Instrument of Destruction junior novelisation and Spectrum Agent's
Handbook (both written by Richard Dungworth) and Funfax's New Captain
ScarletFunfile. Ladybird Books are about the publish a pair of
storybooks based on the episodes Swarm and The Achilles Messenger
as well as a pair of activity books: a Scratch and Reveal Activity Book
and a Vehicle Sticker Book. [...]

Due to this new
airing, the second DVD set, featuring the last 13 episodes of the series
(dubbed 'series 2') will not be released as yet.

New Captain
Scarlet is presently airing in South Africa - the first country outside the
UK to broadcast the series. The series is aired on M-NET, at
8.30am on Saturday mornings. TF1, a major broadcaster in France,
also bought the airing rights for the series, which also been sold to a
broadcast company in the U.S. and to one in Japan (both to be
determined).

Corgi will soon
release their new die-cast Rhino model - as well as a SPV model, which
will also be available together as a gift pack. These are already
announced on the Skybase Central
Merchandising page. Other Captain Scarlet related merchandises,
announced within the Corgi catalogue are, from New Captain Scarlet: the
Cheetah and the White Falcon, and from the original series: the SSC and
the Angel Fighter. These models will also come in gift set, for collectors
to buy.

In addition to
these wonderful news from Corgi, Bandai will be adding
to their range of New Captain Scarlet vehicles and action figures by
adding
new action figures. Colonel White and Destiny Angel should be joining the
three already available figures of Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue and
Captain Black in a near future.

Stay tuned
for more details about this.

However good
these news, the New Captain Scarlet magazine has sadly
folded. Number six has been the last issue produced, and works on
next issues have been cancelled. This last issue is still
available at the moment, and can still be found online at Star Trader.
Details of each issue can be found on the CGI
Merchandises page.

UPDATES
NOVEMBER 30, 2005:

NEW
INDIVIDUAL DVD DISCS AND CORGI MODELS AVAILABLE ON JANUARY 2006

The
three remaining individual DVD discs containing the rest of the episodes from
Series 1 of New Captain Scarlet will become available to public on
January 30, 2006. Each disc will contain three episodes of the
series. The extras are unknown, although it is highly possible that those
discs have the exact same content as those from the 4-discs set that was
released. No cover art is available at this point.

If you want you
can pre-order either of the discs at Amazon.co.uk,
by following the links below. The first individual disc, and the entire
DVD set are, of course, still available, and you can visit New
Captain Scarlet Merchandises page to find the links that will bring you
right to them, on Amazon.co.uk.

January
also seems to be the month chosen by Corgi for the much-awaited release of their
model for the Rhino, from the New Captain Scarlet series. The Rhino
will be sold separately, or as half of a special set which will also comprise
the now classic and famous SPV, from the original Captain Scarlet and the
Mysterons series. The SPV will also be sold separately - and
will also be available in January.

NEW
CAPTAIN SCARLET MAGAZINE ISSUE 3 AND OTHER ITEMS.

Issue
3 of the New Captain Scarlet Magazine is now available, and this time is offered
with a pair of Spectrum binocular. The photo-novel strips continues, with
the adaptation of the second half of Part 2 of "Instrument of
Destruction. Character data now focuses on Destiny Angel, and you will
also find information about the Falcon fighter. Issues 1 and 2
are still available, and can be bought online at
Star Trader.

An
update of the New Captain
Scarlet Merchandises page had been made to now include washing and bathing
accessories that seem to be exclusively available at Boots.com.
So far, only a Captain Scarlet washing mitt and a Cheetah bubble bath bottle are
available. But other items might eventually come to complete the list.

As
promised in an earlier announcement, a new page has been created on this
website, listing available and upcoming merchandises from the New Captain
Scarlet CGI series - with links to where to buy them online. All you
have to do is follow this
link to find this new page. Many of those items are available in
time for Christmas - so give yourself a gift - or your children a gift, and
check out this list. As it the list is probably not complete, you
are invited to contact the webmaster with whatever information you may provide
on other merchandises. Web links to articles, pictures and/or merchants
will be appreciated.

The
New Captain Scarlet Annual that was supposed to hit the stores this Summer as
been postponed. The news has been confirmed by Egmont Books Ltd.
This site doesn't have news of when the Annual will be released - even if it'll
be released - but as soon as we have further information on this subject, we'll
make sure to let you know.

QUESTIONS
TO DAVID LANE AND WAYNE FORRESTER

You
probably remember that, some months ago, this website forum offered visitors a
possibility to ask questions to Gerry Anderson concerning the new CGI
series. And as you probably also know, Mr. Anderson was kind enough to
accept answering those questions - that you may find, listed on
this page, along with their respective answers.

Now
forum member Aegis, our contact within the technical team of New Captain
Scarlet, is offering us a new opportunity, this time to ask another batch of
questions to David Lane, supervising director of the new CGI series, and Wayne
Forrester, the voice of the new Captain Scarlet.

As
for the previous batch, questions
will be examined by the forum administrators, and a selection will be made so to
keep the most relevant amongst them. The selected questions - when we'll have
a reasonable number of them - will be listed on this site. They will then be forwarded to
David Lane and Wayne Forrester, through our ever helpful contact - Thank you for
this new opportunity, Aegis!

So
if you have questions you want to ask to both David Lane and Wayne Forrester,
now is your chance. If you're a member of the forum, just click to the
CGI
board, and check under the Questions to
David Lane and Wayne Forrester topic. If you are not a member, never
fear: you can always leave your
questions on the Guests and Visitors board.
We'll make sure your question(s) will be added to the list.

NEW
CAPTAIN SCARLET MAGAZINE: ISSUE 2 NOW AVAILABLE

Issue
2 of the New Captain Scarlet Magazine hit the stands on November 2, 2005,
with, as a special gift, a Spectrum Searchlight. Issue 2 includes
the second part of the photo-novel adaptation of "Instrument of
Destruction", Captain Blue's character data, a poster and many other
features. Issue 1 is still available, and can now be found online at
Star Trader, as is Issue
2. Updated November 5, 2005.

UPDATES
OCTOBER 15, 2005:

VARIOUS
NEWS CONCERNING NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET

You
might have noticed the ad above since last week. As a reminder: the DVD
release for Season 1 of the New Captain Scarlet series in CGI is due to hit the
stands next Monday, October 17. Check your local video and DVD stores, or
order it online, but if you are a fan, don't miss the opportunity to own this
set.

Fans
reviews of 'Second Season' of the new series have been raving, and everyone
agrees that it is so far much better than the first season. There's much
comments about this on the CGI
section of the Spectrum
Headquarters forum, as well as other interesting comments about different
aspects of the show. and we invite you to drop by to check it out.
You don't have to be a member to read the comments.

Issue
1 of the New Captain Scarlet Magazine has hit the stores as well, and is
presently available. I'd like to thank Mr. William Potter, from John Brown Jr.
to provide me with a copy of the mag (impossible to get from me here in
Canada!), and I wish the project all the success it deserves. The mag is
of good quality, with strikingly beautiful artwork, and well-done. Aimed at
young readers, the mag comes with a Spectrum shooter toy.

Unfortunately
for now, the mag is not available online. This website suggests that you
try to online magazine, or collectors stores that you know about and see if they
won't be providing the mag at some point.

In the upcoming
weeks, this website will provide information and pictures on the New Captain
Scarlet toys. Stay tuned!

UPDATES
AUGUST 31, 2005:

SECOND
SEASON OF NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 3

The second
batch of New Captain Scarlet episodes (dubbed 'season 2), containing episodes 14
to 26, starts airing on UK Television on September 3. Still a
part of MOM (I'm hearing groaning from my many of my English friends and
contacts), on CiTV, the show will be shown on Saturday mornings. No news
concerning a possible rerun of what was left of the first 13 episodes that had
started being aired during the Summer.

The
promotional campaign for the new batch, an various merchandises for the new
series (including the DVD set for the first 13 episodes) is presently in full
gear, and details of the many interviews and events are presently listed on the Fanderson
site. An interview given to Simon Mayo on BBC
Radio Five on Friday, August 26, can still be listened to on their webpage.
Click on the 'Gerry Anderson' link you will find on the right of the
page.

UPDATES
AUGUST 18, 2005:

ANOTHER
COMPETITION TO WIN CGI CAPTAIN SCARLET TOYS

This
one presented by CiTV, the competition
offers the chance for the grand winner to win a full assortment of New Captain
Scarlet toys. Comprising action figures of Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue
and Captain Black, a Deluxe Skybase set, the Deluxe Rhino, the Hummingbird, the
Stallion Raid Bike, a Deluxe Cheetah and a Spectrum communicator - all signed by
Gerry Anderson. To win this full set, you have to answer one question and
tell in 50 words or less who is a real-life superhero - and why.

The
competition is open to residents of UK only. There is no age restrictions,
but people under 16 must obtain permission from their parents or guardian before
entering the competition. One entry per person. Be sure to read the
other rules.

To
enter the competition, click here.
Good luck - and if you win, be sure to tell us!

GERRY
ANDERSON'S SIGNING AT FORBIDDEN PLANET ON 10 SEPTEMBER, 2005

The
following press release has been received from Forbidden
Planet Press Office this week:

Forbidden
Planet is delighted to announce a signing by Gerry Anderson to
celebrate the launch of the new range of Captain Scarlet toys from Bandai,
at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2 H
8JR, on Saturday 10th September 3-4 pm

Gerry
Anderson’s illustrious career has spanned over 50 years and has created
many iconic series including, the world famous Thunderbirds, Stingray,
UFO, Space 1999 and Captain Scarlet which has recently returned to
television screens in the all new CGI series.

The new range of Captain Scarlet toys from Bandai, are described by
Anderson as “the best he’s ever seen” includes highly detailed and
movable action figures from £4.99 as well as vehicles from the ground
breaking new series starting at only £14.99

"The
mag, aimed at young fans of the new CGI series, will feature comic strip,
puzzles, Spectrum missions, personnel and vehicle data, competitions and science
fact files. Every issue includes a free Spectrum gift. Issue One is launched on
Wednesday 12th October.

As it's too soon [...] to have any readers, I'm writing to ask if you can
contact any fans of the new series who are in our target readership of
5-10 year-olds. I am looking for letters and drawings about the series to
publish in the first few of issues. EVERY LETTER OR DRAWING PRINTED WINS A CAPT
SCARLET PRIZE!

The deadline for Issue 1 is crazy. I need artwork and letters by next Monday,
15th. Any later and they can be considered for Issues 2 and 3.

Please note, the pictures and letters need to be about the New CGI series, not
'Classic Scarlet'. [...]"

The address to send
drawings and letters is:

William Potter,
New Captain Scarlet
John Brown Junior
The New Boathouse
136-142 Bramley Rd,
London
W10 6SR.

As
promised on a previous post, here's now your first view of cover art for
the Captain Scarlet - Series One DVD Boxset, which will include the 13
first episodes of the series.

The
set will contain four discs, with the complete episodes.
Granada is also offering, somce October 17 (same date the boxset
release) an individual disc of the first volume of the
series, containing episodes 1 to 4 of the 13 episodes first series.
No further date release(s) has (have) been given for the other volume(s) -
but they will probably become available somewhere during the Fall or early
Winter. More info on that as it becomes available.

The
first 13 episodes of 'New Captain Scarlet' are confirmed for a DVD
release in the Fall. The date is set to October 17, 2005. All the episodes will be complete, uncut, without
interruption, in widescreen format and with a 5.1 Dolby Surround sound.
Details on the cover art, price and extras are yet to be announced, but the
extras should at least include commentaries by Gerry Anderson, David Lane and
Wayne Forrester (the voice of Captain Scarlet). Stay tuned for more news
on that subject.

In the meantime, you
can pre- order your copy of 'New Captain Scarlet'
at Amazon.co.uk,
by clicking the link below.

Some
weeks ago, the Spectrum Headquarters Forum has been gathering questions to ask
Gerry Anderson and his team about the new CGI series. Many
interesting questions have been received, and have been taken into consideration
for our selection; after adding them to an accompanying text, that
selection has then been handed to our friend, Forum member Aegis (of the
Indestructible Productions), who had offered to forward these questions to
whom it may concern!

And
now the exiting news is: The questions have been answered - by Mr.
Anderson himself! And you are now able to read both questions and answers on
this page, in the exact format in which they were received!

Enjoy!

'SECOND SEASON', TOYS, AND INTERNATIONAL RELEASES

The
next 13 episodes ('Season 2') will start airing in the Fall, but no date or
viewing slot has been announced so far. It is unknown at this point
if the first series of 13 episodes will also be reprised before the Season 2 run
- which might still be possible considering that the second viewing of the show
seems to have stopped 4 episodes before it was completed. Stay tuned for
news on that subject.

The
Japanese company Bandai will soon offer a full range of New Captain Scarlet toys
(which should have been slated to coincide with the original Fall viewing.
The TV Century 21
site offers a photo gallery of those toys, which look rather
stunning. In collaboration with
Bandai, the Teen
Today Site is presently promoting in UK a New Captain Scarlet
give-away contest. Enter to have the change to win a prize
package of New Captain Scarlet toys!

A
selection of those toys will be available in UK in Argos
Stores. Most of them can't be ordered online and can only be reserved
and picked up at the store. Other stores are expected to offer the toys as
well. Check online for availability.

Last newsletter from
the official New Captain Scarlet site also announce that 'wheels are in motion
to broadcast the show worldwide. The most notable recent news is that French
broadcaster TF1 have obtained the rights to screen the New Captain Scarlet in
France.

Specific airdates for
France and other countries will be announced through the [official] site as they
become known.'

UPDATES
MAY 29, 2005:

NEW
TIME SLOT FOR CAPTAIN SCARLET CGI SERIES

The first 13 episodes of Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet
series, previously seen on Ministry of Mayhem on Saturday morning, will be
rerun in their own timeslot on ITV1 Starting again from 4.30pm on
Tuesday, May 31st with Instrument Of Destruction - Part 1, the
series will run nearly all through Summer until August 23rd.

With
this new timeslot, the series will receive a higher profile and will
actually be details in television listings magasines and newspapers -
something that it had not while being part of the Ministry of Mayhem
Saturday morning show. Many people who had missed the opportunity to see
the series - and who were not even aware of it, sometimes only after a few
episodes had been aired - will have their chance to see it this time
around.

Falls will then see the airing of the second season - 13 news episodes
- as well as the release of the DVD containing the first 13
episodes. More news to come on date of airing for the news episodes
and on release and other information concerning the DVD...

UPDATES
MAY 11, 2005:

GERRY
ANDERSON'S NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET ANNUAL BOOK - AVAILABLE IN AUGUST

On
August 1st 2005, Egmont Books Ltd. will published a brand new Captain
Scarlet Annual book. Based on the present-day new remake of
the TV series, this annual, aimed at junior readers,
uses high-quality images taken from the series, and will include puzzles,
games, and photo-stories. The book will be 64 pages, hard cover.
No cover has been presented as yet, but this site will keep you informed
as soon as new information becomes available.

The book is available for
pre-order at Amazon.co.uk. You can click the link to order.

UPDATES
MARCH 29, 2005:

QUESTIONS
FOR GERRY ANDERSON (ABOUT THE NEW CGI SERIES) NOW SENT!

In
the last weeks, the Spectrum Headquarters Forum has been gathering questions to
ask Gerry Anderson and his team about the new CGI series. Along with my
very helpful team of moderators, I'd like to thanks everyone for their interest
and contribution to this project. We received many interesting questions,
and took them all in consideration for our selection. Now this selection
has been made, and, after including them into a very nice letter written by one
of our moderators (Thank you, Clya "Doc" Brown!), they have been sent
to our contact within the production team (And thank YOU, Aegis, for
offering to forward these questions to whom it may concern!).

The
questions are as follow. We're hoping to receive answers for them (or some
of them) eventually, and we're hoping to post those answers here, for you
all to check, as soon as they will be available.

Stay
tuned to these news!

Dear
Mr Anderson,

Firstly
we’d like to thank you so much for finding the time to read our little
list of questions relating to the ‘New Captain Scarlet’.Should you be able to respond, we’d like to post your replies
(with your permission, of course) on our fan website, www.spectrum-headquarters.com,
which is maintained by Chris Bishop, a Canadian fan of the original
Captain Scarlet who needless to say is waiting impatiently for the
opportunity to see the new CGI series.

We’re
very much an international group of Scarlet fan, We’re very much an
international group of Scarlet fans, from countries all over the globe
(The Americas, Asia, Europe, all the way to Australia, etc.).Most of us use aliases, by the way – they’re included in
parenthesis after each question – but please don’t let that fool you
with regards the sincerity of our interest in your work, as exemplified
by the following introductory paragraph and question, which comes from
another of your staunchest fans in Canada:

Mr.
Anderson: Please let me begin by taking this opportunity to express
my sincere gratitude for many, uncounted hours of imaginative
enjoyment (specifically, fan-fiction) based on the programs that you
and your creative teams produced in the 1960's. In the years since
the original Captain Scarlet left my local airwaves, I have been
privileged to have encountered a number of other enthusiastic
Classic Scarlet fans who have become pen-pals and e-pals and very
close friends, immeasurably enriching an already busy life.While this spin-off may have been unintentional, do you find
it gratifying that your various programs have inspired such positive
and long-lived effects among members of your original audience?(Doc Denim)

Doc
Denim’s one of many foreign fans who – much to their frustration –
haven’t been able to see the new show yet, so we’d like to ask two
questions immediately on behalf of all of them:

Are
there plans afoot for showing the New Captain Scarlet in countries
other than the UK?And
if so, could you tell us which countries and whether Australia is
included?And when?(Chris
Bishop & Elentari)

Already
the presenters of MOM have referred to fans wanting to buy the DVD
of the series when it appears.Can we assume it’ll follow hot on the heels of the TV
premiere in the UK?(Doc
Brown)

The
Old vs the New

Many
of our group are old enough to remember the original series with much
affection, and therefore inevitably have a number of questions concerned
with some of the changes that have been made when creating the new
series:

Are
there any elements of the original series that you would have chosen
to retain, but were unable to?(C21)

What
was the rationale behind the changes to the original series’
characters that do appear in the new series? (Lt Flaxen)

Of the
innovations introduced (other than technical production aspects) in
the new Captain Scarlet, which do you consider the greatest
improvement? (C21)

Is
this new series closer to your original concept of Captain Scarlet
and how has that concept developed over the decades? (Shaqui)

The
TV21 Connection

A
number of questions arose on the subject of tie-ins and related
merchandising, and in particular the legendary comic ‘TV21’:

During
the 1960s, the comic ‘TV21’ provided fans with a tie-in to
several of your series, to say nothing of all the other merchandise
that proliferated at the time.With a whole new generation of fans potentially clamouring
for Scarlet-related material, are there any plans for something
similar this time around? (Doc Brown)

Speaking
as editor of the 'Gerry Anderson Complete Comic History' website, I
feel that the new series is far closer to the 'TV21' version of
'Captain Scarlet' than the original series. Were you perhaps
inspired by the 'TV21' strips, which were freed of the constraints
of the puppets, and had more adventurous storylines and action
elements than perhaps the original series allowed for?(Shaqui)

Can we
expect to see comprehensive character bios and full hardware specs
for the series developed, in a similar way to the original 'TV21'
versions of the original series?And if so, when and where? (Shaqui)

The
New Captain Scarlet

Many
other questions relate solely to aspects of the new series:

All of
us were very pleasantly surprised by the earlier than expected
transmission date of the New Captain Scarlet.Why was the series launched in the UK in February 2005 rather
than September, as it was understood had originally been planned?
(Carrie)

Were
you disappointed at the way the early episodes were broadcast –
with large gaps between the halves and then with graphics over the
screen?And is there any news of the rumoured repeat UK showing
as a stand-alone programme rather than part of MOM? (Shaqui)

On a
purely personal level, as creator of both original and new series,
how successful do you feel 'New Captain Scarlet' to be?(Shaqui)

Is
there a limited amount of motion capture that is used for each
episode due to lack of time or difficulties in the motion capture
process?(Lt Green)

Was it
a conscious decision to make the voices somewhat less distinctive as
the characters' ability to convey emotion by facial and physical
expression increased?(Lt
Flaxen)

Many
people grew up with your creations and will have been influenced by
them in their choice of career, probably including many of your
current production team.Do
you find that that makes for a particularly dynamic working
environment?(Yorkie
& Doc Brown)

Are
things just like the old days?How does a typical day unfold, and which part of it is the
most enjoyable from your point of view?(Yorkie)

The
Future

Now
that we’ve had the opportunity to see the potential of CGI in the
context of Captain Scarlet, the final question is not in the least bit
difficult to predict:

Given
that (the fates willing) 'New Captain Scarlet' is the success you
want it to be, what does the future of CGI/Hypermarionation hold
now? A second series of Scarlet? A revival of another Anderson show
like 'Thunderbirds'?Or
something totally new?(Chris
Bishop, Shaqui & Yorkie)

There
– that’s all of them!If
you could find the time to respond to any or all of them, we’d be
thrilled.In the meantime,
may we wish ‘The New Captain Scarlet’ a long and successful run, and
you personally every success with any new ventures that you might be
planning.

Yours
most sincerely,

The
members of the Spectrum Headquarters Forum.

UPDATES
FEBRUARY 21, 2005:

USE
THE SPECTRUM HQ FORUM TO ASK A QUESTION TO GERRY ANDERSON ABOUT THE NEW CGI
SERIES.

This
project has been proposed by members of the Spectrum Headquarters Forum,
following that simple question:

"If
Gerry Anderson monitored this website and decided to answer questions on his new
CGI Show... what would you ask him?"

It is all probable that Gerry Anderson himself doesn't
monitor the website, but maybe there would be a possibility to forward the
questions to him. In this eventuality, it has been suggested that this
project be announced on this page. You might want to visit the Spectrum
Headquarters Forum
and check the CGI board, to see what it's all about. Questions
will be examined by the forum administrators, and a selection will be made so to
keep the most relevant questions. The selected questions - when we'll have
a reasonable number of them - will be listed on the forum. Then, if it's
at all possible, they will be forwarded to Gerry Anderson, in the hope that he
will agree to answer them.

So
if you have questions concerning the new shows, things you are wondering about,
now's the time to ask. If you're a member of the forum, just click to the CGI
board, and check under the Questions to
Gerry Anderson topic. If you are not a member, you can leave your
questions on the Guests and Visitors board.

UPDATES
FEBRUARY 13, 2005:

GERRY
ANDERSON'S NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET - PILOT AIRED!

No
comments from me, since I didn't see it yet. And won't be seeing it before
some time - it's a long way before it'll come to this side of the
Atlantic. But reactions on the Spectrum
Headquarters Forumhave been interesting, so we're waiting with
bate breath... You are invited to give your own reactions to the new show on the
Forum. If you are not a member, you can use the 'Guests and Visitors'
board to leave your messages. Please
abide to the Forum rules of respect and politeness.

We've been hoping and waiting a long time for this! It's finally
happening... and earlier than we all anticipated.

Contrary to earlier news reports that Gerry
Anderson's highly anticipated New Captain Scarlet series will aired next
September - it has been reported earlier this week that the new series
will start airing on British television, on ITV, only a couple of weeks
from now!

The pilot of the series - part one of "Weapon of Destruction" -
will air Saturday February 12, 2005 at 9.30AM - which will be the regular
slot for the new series. 13 episodes will be aired starting this
Spring, with the last 13 episodes aired in the Fall.It was originally planned for the whole 26 episodes, of what
was supposed to be the first series, to begin in September. The last
13 episodes of what will now be the ‘second series’ will complete
production around July.

Negotiations are under way for each episode to be repeated on ITV
during a weekday afternoon slot, and on Saturday evenings for older
viewers.

In addition to this, the first 13 episodes will be released on DVD in
October.

Related toys and other merchandising should be made
available very soon. More news to come about that subject.

Since
this week, the official site for the upcoming Captain Scarlet CGI series
(entitled "Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet") is accessible
online.

Using
the 'Skybase' webpage that had been accessible through the Fanderson site
since a few months ago, the new, very professional and hi-tech looking
website will answer many questions fans are wondering about concerning the
upcoming series. The Gerry
Anderson's New Captain Scarlet Official Websitepresently offers
data on Spectrum members (Scarlet, Blue, White, Green and Destiny), a
foreword by Gerry Anderson, a downloadable trailer that had been
available, the possibility to sign in to a mailing list group, and
recruitment information for The Indestructible Production Company.

Updates
will be added to the site - hopefully, regularly - with further
information on the series itself, equipment, craft, characters - and
upcoming merchandising.

Nine
months to go - before the new series is launched!

UPDATES
NOVEMBER 13, 2004

CAPTAIN
SCARLET CGI SERIES: NEW INFORMATION

Issue 50 of the
FAB magazine has revealed new information about the upcoming CGI series.
Amongst those information, names of the characters and titles listing for
20 of the 26 episodes. Script of 22 of those episodes have been written,
and the 20 episodes which titles follow are presently in production:

Instrument of Destruction (Part 1)

Instrument of Destruction (Part 1)

Rain of Terror

Mercury Falling

The Homecoming

Chiller

Rat Trap

Swarm

Circles of Doom

Trap for a Rhino

The
Achilles Messenger

Skin
Deep

Heist

Virus

Contact

Enigma

Best
of Enemies

Proteus

Syrtis
Major

Fallen
Angels

Names of characters are also been officially released,
with the confirmation that BOTH Lieutenant Green and Captain Ochre (Or
Lieutenant Ochre, as information on that subject is still mitigated) are women:

Captain
Scarlet: Paul
Metcalfe

Captain
Indigo:John
Roach

Captain
Blue:Adam
Svenson

Destiny
Angel:Simone
Giraudoux

Colonel
White:Sir
Charles Grey

Harmony
Angel:Rebecca
Drake

Lieutenant
Green:Serena
Lewis

Melody
Angel:Esther
Jackson

Captain
Black:Conrad
Lefkon

Rhapsody
Angel:Caroline
Foster-Finch

Dr
Gold:Dr.
Mason Frost

Symphony
Angel:Yoko
Inukai

Captain
Ochre:Elaine McGee

Lieutenant
Silver:unnamed

Captain
Grey:Iain
Taggart

Captain
Brown:unnamed

Captain
Magenta:Mario
Moro

Captain Orange:unnamed

While Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue and Colonel White
keep the same names they had in the earlier version of the series (although
Colonel White's name had only been mentioned in Century 21 printed material),
the background for each characters are now very different. Still born in
Winchester, England, by an English mother, Scarlet's father, Tom Metcalfe, was
the first man to walk upon Martian ground. As for Captain Blue, born in
Texas instead of Boston, Massachusetts, he is now the son of a three-star
general, advisor to the US World President and friend with Colonel White. It is
now Blue who is the West Point graduate, instead of Scarlet, in the classic
series.

Colonel White has been given the title of
"Sir" (which, so far, had been created only in some fanfic stories...)
and Captain Magenta had now gained an Italian name (maybe designers of the new
series decided to keep his link to the mob, but thought that an Italian name
would give more weight to this). Symphony Angel is now the Asian member of
the Angels team, instead of Harmony, and Captain Grey is Scottish.
Lieutenant Silver, a brand-new character, is being cast as Lieutenant Green's
sometimes replacement as communication officer, when Green will be off-duty.

Visitors of the Fanderson website have probably
noticed the countdown at the top of their homepage. The countdown, as
revealed in the FAB magazine, is an announcement for three separate events, two
of which will be hosted by Fanderson in September 2005, namely: The Thunderbirds
television series' 40th anniversary and Space: 1999's 30th anniversary.
The third event is, naturally, the launch of the New Captain Scarlet series.

Mark your calendar, people, for some very excited
upcoming happenings!

More
information and pictures to be added shortly.

UPDATES,
AUGUST 15, 2004

Information
about the two following mags was already announced in a previous updates. Now
for more complete information...

GERRY ANDERSON'S NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET IN
DREAMWATCH NO. 119

Exclusive
Preview and All-New Pictures.

The
war against the Mysterons is about to be resumed, as the computer-generated Gerry
Anderson’s New Captain Scarlet is being readied for its planned 2005
launch. The opening two episodes have already been completed and a further 11
are to be produced!

In
the new Dreamwatch, legendary TV
producer Gerry Anderson, MBE discusses his classic 1960s’ marionette show
reincarnation as a state-of-the-art computer-generated series.

“The
situation could not be better,” Anderson tells Dreamwatch
“We have screened the first two episodes to a number of people and everyone
who’s seen it has thought it was bloody fantastic!”

Although
the series brings Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons into the 21st century,
Anderson says the new show will still have its roots in the original 1960s’
series. “The first episode starts with the visit to Mars, which will explain
how Captain Scarlet became indestructible,” he reveals. “The fight between
Spectrum and the Mysterons remains, and most of our key characters remain in the
show.”

But
he also notes that in some areas it has been brought up-to-date. “We’ve made
Lieutenant Green a woman,” he explains. “We have also made Captain Ochre a
woman. And as the classic series will still be around, we have created all new
vehicles for the show. Cloudbase is now Skybase.”

One
thing Anderson is keen to make clear about the new show is the thinking behind
its title. “The title is Gerry Anderson’s New Captain Scarlet. That
means nobody can take it off me, like they have in the past.”

To
read more about Gerry Anderson’s New
Captain Scarlet, buy Dreamwatch
#119 – available now from all good newsagents!

TV
ZONE SPECIAL 57 - GERRY ANDERSON SPECIAL

The
Finger is on the Trigger... ready to unleash an all-new Captain Scarlet.
The godfather of Supermarionation looks back on the triumphs and frustrations of
his career so far, telling us why he loathed working with puppets, and how CGI
will make his dreams come true.

For a man whose name’s become synonymous with
puppetry, Gerry Anderson has a low opinion of the art. “Nothing in my
childhood influenced me to go into the film business and to make puppet films.
The thought of making puppet films made me feel ill.

“What happened was that I started life in the film
industry in the cutting room, and I suppose I must have been fairly ambitious
because I wanted to start my own company. I got together with a friend, and we
formed a little film company and waited for the telephone to ring… and of
course it didn’t. Our money very quickly ran out, and we were about to shut up
shop when a woman by the name of Roberta Leigh found where we were, came in and
said ‘Would you like to make 52 15-minute films for children?’ We were so naïve
that we said ‘Yes indeed,’ because we needed the money.” And then came the
catch. “Then she said ‘That’s great, and we’ll start talking about a
contract, but they’re to be made with puppets’. Well, I’d never seen a
puppet in my life, and the thought of making puppet films made me feel ill,”
Anderson reaffirms, “but as I say we needed the money. We made this series,
and I was determined to make them look as near to live action as possible,
because I thought that the broadcasters would look at these puppet films and say
‘This guy’s wasting his time, he ought to be doing live action’. Instead
of which they responded by saying ‘Great puppet films this guy makes, let’s
commission more’. So the simple answer is I just fell into it.”

The next ingredient of Anderson’s unique mix came
about just as unwittingly. Frustrated at his puppet stars’ inability to walk,
Anderson decided to move them around in vehicles… and that led him
accidentally into Science Fiction. “Yes, all of that’s correct.” Anderson
affirms, when reminded of the usual account of events. “I won’t repeat what
you just said because you’re dead right. The series was called Supercar,
and it was a car that could travel on water like a boat, or underwater like a
submarine, or on a road like a car – hence 'Supercar'. We couldn’t make the
puppets walk and I was aware that one should get as much movement as possible
and yes, I thought that this would be a good way of getting some movement and
action into the films, and so I made Supercar for that reason.

Cue the unexpected consequence. “When it went on air
people went ‘Oh, I’ve seen your new show, Gerry, I see you’re in Science
Fiction.’ And I remember saying ‘Am I?’ And in this business you very
quickly get typecast, and that’s what happened to me."

News
start to abound concerning the Captain Scarlet series - now called "Gerry
Anderson's New Captain Scarlet". Issue number 49 of FAB
Magazine, from Fanderson, has an article about the series, as well as TV
Zone Special 57 (June 2004) which is a Gerry Anderson Special, and Dreamwatch
119 (July 2004), where Gerry exclusively talks about the new series.

While
I'm still waiting to acquire Dreamwatch and TV Zone Special here in Canada, I
did receive my issue of FAB and literally devoured the article about the CGI
series (oh yes! There's also information about the Thunderbirds movie, due
to be released at the end of the month!). There's also an interview of
three pages presently online, on the NewTek
Europe site, with Ron Thornton, producer on the , which reveals a lot of
interesting information - most of it technical - about the series, its
progression and the way the CGI effects are done. You can also found there
still pictures that might give you an idea of how the series will look.
Until recently, there was a second trailer available - with stunning action
scenes taken directly from the three first episodes of the series, which REALLY
gave the feel of what it will all look like
once released. I was fortunate enough to view that trailer before it came
offline (for whatever reason) and I can be witness that it WILL look good.
Granted, it will not be the same as the original series, and you can even view
it as a totally different series (and you should) but I can guarantee you:
it won't leave you indifferent.

With
all these articles and news presently available about the series, we are now
starting to get a better picture of its details - here's a
brief summary of a few interesting sure facts for you:

CHARACTERS:

-
All the original characters are back from the first series - with the noticeable
exception of Doctor Fawn, who has been replaced by a Doctor Gold
(A shame - I like Fawn!).

-
Some background for the characters has changed. Lieutenant Green is
definitely a woman, by the name of Serena Lewis - but has been kept as a
Black character.

-
The name of Captain Black has been changed from Conrad Turner to Conrad
Lefkon. - Captain Blue is still Adam, but I have no more
information about his last name.

-
Captain Scarlet will go with Captain Black to Mars, and will
encounter the Mysterons with them. While Black will be quick to assume
they are attacked by the new lifeform they will encounter, Scarlet will argue
that maybe that device that was aimed at them was simply a scanning device...

-
Destiny Angel gets a boost as a more central character and definite
leader of the Angels. She was romantically involved with Captain Black,
before he left for his mission on Mars. She will have to come to term with
his 'death' and mysteronisation. That should make for interesting drama.
Apparently, there might be a love interest between her and Captain Scarlet
at some point.

-
As far as it is known, only the five original Angels are listed in the
regular cast of characters list - no other Angel pilots seem to have been added
to the cast. There is no news of Captain Brown, but a new
character, Captain Orange, has been added.

CRAFT
AND VEHICLES:

A
list had previously been posted on this site, with photos of craft and vehicles.
There is no big change to that list:

-
Skybase replaces Cloudbase (I should mourn the name...) and sits
at 60,000 feet up in the air. It's bulkier and looks more functional.

-
The Rhino is the updated Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle.

-
The White Falcon Interceptor replaces the Angel Interceptor
(another name I will mourn). However, the change in name may contribute to avoid
confusion between pilots (who are still named 'Angels') and their craft.

-
The Cheetah is Spectrum Rapid Response Vehicle. It looks a lot like
the classic Spectrum Patrol Car - it's also red - but with a more futuristic
look to it. Apparently, it can jump small distance (a reminder of the original
CGI pilot). It has been designed for the series by a top car designer,
Peter Stevens, who previously worked on models for McLaren, Jaguar and Lotus.

-
The Humming Bird is now the name given to the Spectrum Helicopter.

-
The Swift has replaced the Spectrum Passenger Jet.

-
The MEV (Martian Exploration Vehicle) has been given the more general
description of Spectrum Alien Terrain Vehicle and is called the Bison.

The
completely new craft added to the list of Spectrum equipment:

-
The Stallion is the Spectrum Raid bike - and yes, it can jump directly
from Skybase, as reported in a previous article.

-
The Albatross, a very strange looking craft, that I would describe as
half-plane, half helicopter, which is described as 'Spectrum special Deployment
Craft'.

-
And finally, the Condor, a multi-Functional Transport Plane.

The
series will have 26 episodes. Scripts for 18 of them are already been
written, and are now in production. The first two episodes of the series
form a two-parts story arc entitled "Instrument of Destruction".
Scenes from the two trailers have been taken from those two episodes as well as
from "Rain of Terror", the third episode of the series. If all
goes well, and the series is successful, there might be the possibility of a
second season, or even more... (crossing fingers here).

There
is high possibility for UK fans to finally see the new series around September
2005. But it is also possible that US network may air the series during
Summer 2005. Still news to be confirmed.

More
information will be added to this page shortly, as well as pictures. But
if you want to learn more, I suggest to check the NewTek
Europesite for the interview with Ron Thornton, the FAB
magazine, if you're a Fanderson member (who knows a Fanderson member!), and try
to find Dreamwatch 119 and TV Zone Special 57.

Good
reading!

UPDATES, APRIL 5, 2004

CGI
SERIES: NEW BACKGROUND INFO AND PICTURES

A
colour flyer from Carlton
International was released recently to present background information on the
new Captain Scarlet CGI series. In PDF format, the press release in
accessable through the licensing area of Carlton Consumer tab, on their
site menu. There are other Gerry Anderson related information that you
might want to check on the Carlton site. Or you can click this link here,
to open the document from the Carlton site.

The
flyer offers a brief synopsis of the series' background, that goes like this,
which keeps faithful to the original series:

"[...] When

a
manned mission to Mars

goes
disastrously wrong,

Spectrum agents destroy a

Mysteron city in error. In revenge,

the
Mysterons vow to destroy

Earth. With the power to

regenerate
matter, they take

control
of Spectrum’s Captain

Black and pit him against the

organisation. But when they

attempt
to take control of Captain

Scarlet, it backfires and he does

not
become their ally. Instead, he

is
made indestructible, and

Spectrum’s only hope against the

power of the Mysterons."

The
flyer also presents the target audience - such as already reported on this page:
primary target, boys
4-9 (?!); secondary
target: boys 10-15, girls 4-12 and 'adult males of all
ages.

I
personally think the 'primary target' is somehow off - considering the different
reports different sources, it appears that it would really be aimed at an older
audience. Plus except for girls 4-12, female audience are barely mentioned
- and I know for a fact that there are many over 12 who are waiting impatiently
to see how the series will go!

Images
of vehicles and settings are also offered on the flyer, with a bit of
information - which are completed here by other sources as to offer you as
much of a complete and accurate report as possible.

Most
of the following images are not much bigger than thumbnails - sorry, but it is
as much as I could offer at the moment. Note that comments you'll find
concerning each images are only my own personal reflections.

The
new SPECTRUM logo - barely recognizable, but not bad at all. The 'S'
has been stylised differently, and the rainbow - with mixing colours - now
inside the logo itself, instead of surrounding it to form a roundel.
The new logo will be sported on vehicles and uniforms - Not on the cuffs,
according to recent images, but on the cap and belt buckle.

SKYBASE
looks better than I expected. If you look closely, I think it is
possible to see what is actually the control tower, on the far right of
the image. An additional, transversal runway has been added to the
design, but all and all, 'Skybase' looks a lot like the original 'Cloudbase'
- only updated. It looks more massive and sturdy. As Cloudbase
was hovering at 40,000 feet over the Earth, Skybase will be set higher -
60,000 feet.

The
RHINO is obviously the new, updated Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle -
Good-looking too, with the new logo on its forehead. The designers
kept the hydraulic systems originally created for the SPV - but the seat
apparently isn't oriented backward. I seem to remember reading
somewhere that Gerry Anderson had regretted that the SPV had been
conceived that way - as it was getting increasingly difficult to explain
why, in the series episodes. Probably decided to settle the problem
by not doing the same mistake?

Either
this is the newly designed ANGEL, or the new FALCON Interceptor. It
is unclear in the information found if the Falcon should completely
replace the Angel. or if it'll be a new Interceptor that will be
fighting alongside the Angel. I noticed the stylised 'A' on the side
of the tail. And when zooming on the image, you could also
distinctly read the name 'Destiny', by the side of the cockpit. If
the name of the craft changes that drastically, what will be the use of
calling the pilots 'Angel pilots'? Many information confirm that the
original Angel pilots will be in the new series, and that there will also
be additional pilots (Angels or not?) To be followed...

This
new craft is a dilemma. It could be either the CONDOR - which should
replace the original Spectrum Passenger Jet - and which designs confirms
the multi-options aspect of the original SPJ, as described in the original
annuals and latter magazines - even considering that it wasn't stated in
the TV series. Fans will remember that the SPJ wasn't only designed to
transport passengers, but also as a 'centre of command', transporter of
troops, and even conference centre...Or
this picture could also be of the ALBATROSS, a brand-new craft, described
as a new 'rapid deployment craft'. If the previous craft isn't the
Falcon, however, this one looks too massive to be an
interceptor.

The
RAID bike announced in the flyer is a novelty. And some kind of an
oddity. Apparently, it could be launched from Skybase. At
60,000 feet in the air?! I don't know, I kind of wish -
especially for the driver - that it'll be part of the standard equipment
for the Albatross or Condor...

The
CHEETAH is yet another vehicle announced for the new series - which would
presumably be the replacement for the original Spectrum Patrol Car, as the
standard Spectrum transport on ground. It will be able to fly short
distances - a reminiscence of a scene from the original CGI pilot of some
years ago, where we actually see a SPC jumping the distance of a destroyed
bridge over a ravine. I couldn't find a picture of the Cheetah,
except from this insert from a working plan, taken from the Margetts
Investment brochure.

Considering
the surrounding, it would be a good bet that this is the new version of a
MARTIAN EXPLORATION VEHICLE - The MEV of the original series, although its
actual name is yet unknown. It does look a lot like the original
one. The canon on top is certainly mean-looking - and leaves little
doubt that it will - eventually - be used... We all know how it ends.

The
MYSTERON COMPLEX - Now it's more impressive - and certainly more
sinister - than in the original series, which, let's face it, looked a
little on the side of a giant pinball game...

Margetts
graciously sent me the Marketing brochure offered to their investors - along
with the promotional DVD that contains both a short, but interesting documentary
and the 90 seconds teaser of actual footage from the upcoming series.
Still images of this teaser can be found on the TV
Century 21 site, hosted by Simon Wickes. Although very interesting,
some of the still images don't do justice to the actual animation, which is
impressive. The characters' movements look very realistic - especially
during a fight scene.

UPDATES,
MARCH 21, 2004

UPDATED
PICTURE OF CGI ANGEL PILOT

Taken
from the back of the investment brochure, the color picture of the Angel pilot
from the new CGI series now replaces the previous picture in black in white.
Click here to view photo.

Further
information on the new series will soon follow on this page and the CGI page.
Stay tuned!

MARCH
7, 2004

NEW
INFORMATION AND PICTURES AVAILABLE FROM THE CGI SERIES

Target
audience has been announced for the new Captain Scarlet CGI series as followed:

I
feel left off, but that's not new. I'm about sure the original series
'target audience' didn't include me either...

Many
of the episodes are on difference stages of production, right now, and there's a
new offer from Margetts and Gerry
Anderson Productions to raise additional funds from investors for the completion
of this wonderful project.

A
publicity prospectus by Margetts
was distributed around, containing a special DVD with contains - amongst other
interesting information, a 90 seconds trailer of the new series. I've been
told it's actual footage. The TV
Century 21 site has put screen captured images of that teaser online.
Visit this link to
check it out, and read the short summary of the teaser. Feel free to leave
comments to the webmaster.

The
prospectus can be found online, on the Margetts website - You will need PDF to
read it. Of course, the DVD is not available online.

The following
are promotional pics, Captain Scarlet and Captain Black taken from the
prospectus cover - and (Destiny?) Angel taken from the last issue of the
Fanderson magazine, where a special investment proposal was offered to Fanderson
members.

FEBRUARY
14, 2004

POSSIBLE
AIRING DATE

I
don't know if it's quite possible, but the airing date for the new Captain
Scarlet CGI series has been forwarded. Instead of the 2005 original date,
it seemed that there will be enough completed episode for an earlier broadcast -
that was predicted for Winter 2004 (December?).

26
episodes are projected - and - this according to reliable source - four of them
are in the can as we speak right now.

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS
WIRE) -Jan. 15, 2004 -TriMedia Entertainment Group, Inc. ("TriMedia")
(OTCBB:TMEG - News)
and Gerry Anderson Productions plc, a United Kingdom company, have
entered a memorandum of understanding with respect to a co-venture for the
development, production, distribution and marketing of the new Captain
Scarlet television and entertainment series and mutual investments.

The
terms and conditions of the transaction include broadcast placement of the new Captain
Scarlet television and entertainment series - "Captain Scarlet - The
Return of the Mysterons," merchandising of Captain Scarlet
related products, DVD home video distribution and sales, computer and video
gaming and such other opportunities for the international branding of Captain
Scarlet as shall be contained in a definitive agreement between the parties.
It is anticipated that TriMedia's co-venture partner, Sony Music
Entertainment, will be partnering in the project with its Sony Wonder
division and the family of Sony companies on the development and
exploitation of the Captain Scarlet branded property. The financial terms
of this relationship will be defined in a definitive agreement that the parties
are presently negotiating.

"Captain
Scarlet - The Return of the Mysterons." The original Captain Scarlet
series was created using puppets and the technique known as "supermarionation."
The new series is being created using computer graphic imagery animation
technology which is often abbreviated CGI. This production process has been used
by Pixar and others to create a number of recent animation films
including Toy Story, Monsters Inc. and Shrek. "Captain Scarlet - The
Return of the Mysterons" will be an entirely new series. It is intended
that the new series, utilizing CGI, will be significantly modernized while
retaining the character and flavor of the original series.

Chris
Schwartz, CEO and President of TriMedia stated, "We are honored
to participate with Gerry Anderson, one of the world's leading artisans
in his craft, in developing the international brand for Captain Scarlet.
The combination of Gerry Anderson's creativity and state-of-the-art high
definition animated production and production facilities, Sony's global
strength in providing a one-stop global solution to develop Captain Scarlet
product iterations across all media platforms, ability to define and launch a
business management strategy leveraging Sony's market strength in each
category and our ability at TriMedia to converge the film and music
world's independently with vertical and street marketing expertise will prove to
be of great benefit for all involved. I believe that a cross pollination of
creative properties in multiple media formats with a vertical market approach
allows companies to maximize the return for their investment in creative
properties and talents and will prove to be the economic engine for our industry
in the future."

Gerry
Anderson, Chairman of Gerry Anderson Productions, said "we
believe that TriMedia is well placed to develop the Captain Scarlet
New Series through their close relationship with Sony. Chris Schwartz
has an excellent track record with a career that has spanned 20 years and
generated more than one billion in revenues in conjunction with Sony. I
believe that Chris and TriMedia have the skills and experience which we
are seeking and I am looking forward to building a relationship which I'm sure
will be highly rewarding."

About
TriMedia

TriMedia
is a multimedia entertainment group with a focus on developing entertainment
content. TriMedia's areas of operation presently include a recording
studio, a film production operation, record label operations and music
publishing division.

About
Gerry Anderson Productions plc

Gerry
Anderson Productions plc was established in February 2003 to produce UK
television programs and films for distribution in the worldwide market.
Specifically, the company has commenced production of the first episodes of a
new series, provisionally entitled "Captain Scarlet - The Return of the
Mysterons." This is based on the original series of Captain Scarlet,
which was produced by Gerry Anderson in 1967. Many broadcasters in
numerous different countries up to present day have purchased the original
series. Gerry Anderson is Chairman of Gerry Anderson Productions;
his work is familiar to millions, from series such as Thunderbirds, Joe 90,
Fireball XL5 and Stingray amongst others. He has produced or co-produced 17
television productions and three films. His work has primarily been created for
children. Mr. Anderson's career has spanned several decades and is subject of a
BBC book currently available entitled "What Made Thunderbirds Go!"
which is his authorized biography. The enthusiasm, which exists for his work,
has led to the creation of "Fanderson" which is the official Gerry
Anderson fan club. The website address is www.fanderson.org.ukwhich provides extensive listings of Mr. Anderson's work.

Forward
Looking Statements

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release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. We have based these forward-looking statements on our
current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking
statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions
about TriMedia that may cause our actual results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any other future
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terminology such as "may," "will,"
"should," "could," "would," "expect,"
"plan," "anticipate," "believe,"
"estimate," "continue," or the negative of such terms or
similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a
discrepancy include, but are not limited to, risks associated with TriMedia's
future growth and operating results, the uncertainty associated with obtaining
sufficient financing, the uncertainty of market acceptance of TriMedia's
products, technological change, competitive factors and general economic
conditions, and those issues identified from time to time in our Securities and
Exchange Commission filings and other public documents. Except as otherwise
required to be disclosed in current and periodic reports required to be filed by
companies registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, TriMedia has no
duty and undertakes no obligation to update such statements after the date
hereof."

UPDATES
August 25, 2003

DOUBLE NEGATIVE RECRUITMENT
CAMPAIGN

With
this poster of a CGI rendition of the classic Captain Scarlet (drawn in an Uncle Sam pose from the
WW II recruitment drive), Passion Pictures and Double Negative have launched a recruitment campaign
in order to find CGI character animators, modellers, texture and lighting
specialists, technical support, etc. for the production of the new Captain
Scarlet CGI series (what?! No writers?!). For more information, go
to the Double
Negative site.

LICENSING
RIGHT TO NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET SERIES GIVEN TO CARLTON INTERNATIONAL

Carlton
International announced that they will develop a range of new Captain
Scarlet licensed product to tie-in with the new CGI television series.

Carlton
International will work with Gerry Anderson as the UK agent for the new series,
and the Carlton Consumer Division will handle, toys, games and video/DVD
opportunities and promotional licensing in the UK.

VOICES
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NEW SERIES CHARACTERS:

Sadly,
it doesn't appear that Francis Matthews and Ed Bishop were casting to reprise
their respective roles of Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue in the new CGI
series. Former
Mime Theatre Project artist and Space Precinct regular Wayne Forester has
been announced as artist for the voice of Captain Scarlet, while Terrahawks
former voice artist, Robbie' Ben' Steven will be Captain Blue. Other
voices will be provided by Jeremy Hitchen who previously provided the
voice of Dr. Tiger Ninestein in Terrahawks, Emily Tate and Jules de
Young. More information to come...

FAQ
FROM SIG

The
SIG - Supermarionation is Go
site had put up a FAQ
section on the new Captain Scarlet series that'll is scheduled to aired on
British television in 2005.

UPDATE
JUNE 16, 2003:

ADDITIONAL
DETAILS ON THE CGI SERIES!

The
character of Captain Black will play a more important part in the new CGI
series, comparatively to the old series.

Unfortunately,
it would appear that Francis Matthews, Ed Bishop and Elizabeth Morgan (who
respectively performed the voices of Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue and
Destiny/Rhapsody Angels), won't reprise their roles.

Spectrum
hovering headquarters would apparently change its name from Cloudbase to Skybase
(Should I cry or scream?! I don't know, I used to think that the name 'Cloudbase'
was indissociable from the Captain Scarlet mythos - but then again, so was be a
male Lieutenant Green, one of the three characters of the original series who
were of ALL the episodes!)

NEW
LINK FOR THE 'THE PUPPETMASTERS' ARTICLE

Some
of you may have noticed that CGI magazine doesn't have the 'The Puppetmasters'
article from their June 2001 Edition online anymore. CGI magazine doesn't
even seem to have a website anymore. This is a very interesting, however
technical, article on the CGI pilot that had been made by the Motion Picture
Company a couple of years ago. I'm very fortunate to have that issue of
the magazine at home, so I took the time to copy it all up for you to consult here.

In
an interview to Fanderson, Gerry Anderson had revealed some new information
regarding the new CAPTAIN SCARLET CGI series. News are as followed:

- The new series will not be a follow-up to the old
one. It will feature a new pilot episode - originally of one hour long but
that will be cut in two for airing - re-telling the origins of the conflict with
the Mysterons and new adventures, so that new audience that had never seen the
original series would not wonder what's going on exactly.

- Cloudbase will be better and bigger, and will move
from 40,000 feet to 60,000 feet. Which makes it VERY cold up there and -
well very difficult to breath, considering there's not enough oxygen to support
life. Considering that, technicians performing maintenance on deck will do
in from inside, their bodies hooked to a system that would link them to on-deck
robots that would perform their tasks for them (A system MUCH similar to CGI
techniques, come to think of it! That's very clever).

- Even though it will be mighty cold outside - there
will be some more warmth inside. Don't get it wrong: this will not
be a series about love stories - and it will stay for all ages. But
there'll be some pairing between field officers and Angel pilots, to show that
the characters are 'normal people'. (Does
anyone see Captain Blue with somebody else than Symphony Angel? No?)

- There will now be a total of twelve Angels pilots. Six
elite pilot, officers (no news on what could be the name of the sixth pilot for the
new line-up), and six others, non-officers, stand-by pilots who could join during
emergencies or big battles.

- There will be entirely new Vehicles. Design of
the uniform and cap will be different. (If they follow the previous design from the CGI pilot, they'll
lose the shoulder pads. Good!)

- As previously announced, the new series should keep
the regular physical features of the original puppet casts - although it's not
really sure if the original artists will be reprising their roles.

- Despite the previous note, however... Lieutenant
Green would now be a lady (Whoa! Hope her name won't be Seymour!!!)

UPDATE
MARCH 25, 2003:

CAPTAIN
SCARLET CGI SERIES NEWEST DEVELOPMENTS!

We've
been all waiting to know! And now here's some new, wonderful news
concerning the new CGI series that's been rumored to be on the work for so
long. Well, rumors seem to be true, as the following information indicates
to believe:

Taken
from the Fanderson
FAB News page:
Anderson Entertainment have just announced that production has commenced at
Pinewood Studios on a new multi-million pound television series of Captain
Scarlet. Producer Gerry Anderson has been given the green light to produce a
new 26 part series based on the characters and concepts of his original 1967
Supermarionation science-fiction adventure series, following the indestructible
Captain Scarlet and the agents of Spectrum as they battle against the alien
Mysterons from Mars. Gerry Anderson MBE says, "This is the most exciting
project of my career. It is something that I have been working towards for
several years and I am thrilled that we are going into production."

Following on from Anderson's earlier Supermarionation and Supermacromation
filming techniques, the new Captain Scarlet series will be made in
HYPERMARIONATION, a sophisticated form of computer animation. "This means
that the series will be made using Computer Generated Images," says
Anderson. "When I worked with puppets, I strived to make them as believable
as possible. Now I can achieve this using Hypermarionation."

The dateline for the Anderson Entertainment production is still 2068 (as in the
original series), but in keeping with the changing times, female Spectrum agents
will be joining the front-line battle against the Mysterons. Anderson is also
promising that the characters in the new Captain Scarlet series will be
less clinical than in the original programme. "We are keeping the faces of
the key characters, but we are re-designing the uniforms, developing totally new
vehicles and Cloud Base will be bigger and better," Anderson explains.

Top Supermarionation series director David Lane is heading the new team of
directors on Captain Scarlet. Formerly one of the editors on Fireball
XL5 and Stingray, Lane made his directorial debut on Thunderbirds
and went on to direct the feature films Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) and Thunderbird
6 (1968), produced Joe 90 and The Secret Service and later
worked with Anderson on UFO, The Protectors and Space:1999.
The associate producer of Captain Scarlet is Mark Sherwood, who
previously worked with Anderson as post production supervisor on Space
Precinct.

The new series follows a successful experimental test film featuring CGI
animated characters made in 1999. Aimed at a family audience, the 26 episodes
will take two years to make and will be screened in 2005.

Gerry Anderson exclusively reveals further details of the new Captain Scarlet
series in the latest issue of the Fanderson club magazine FAB, which is
currently scheduled to be mailed to members on March 31st.

Another
bit of information has been forwarded to me by a faithful visitor (to whom I
present here all my thanks!), and serves as further proof to some of us more
incredulous fans that this is more than probably going to happen!

Article
from the London Times:

March
13, 2003
Captain Scarlet cuts his ties with past
By Adam Sherwin

THE "indestructible" Captain Scarlet is returning in a new television
series three decades after his creation, but this time there are no strings
attached.

The hero's creator, Gerry Anderson, 73, has ditched the puppets for a £5
million computer-generated animation series. Captain Scarlet will fight the
Mysterons in 26 new episodes, but such are the costs of high-tech animation that
Mr Anderson is offering investors a stake in the project.

A fund-mangement company, www.margetts.com,
is selling stakes for a minimum of £25,000. Investors will share 50 per cent of
net profits from a series that previously has generated £10 million in sales.

The new episodes will be shot at Pinewood Studios by Mr Anderson's production
company and will then be sold to broadcasters worldwide.

First broadcast in 1967, the old shows were known for their "supermarionation"
techniques in which puppets operated by almost invisible fine wires were
combined with realistic special effects.

The new series will again be set in the year 2068, but will reflect a change in
sensibilities by putting female agents in the front line in Spectrum's battle
against the unseen Mysterons, which hail from Mars.

Mr Anderson made Captain Scarlet after the success of his Thunderbirds series.
It was the first time he used puppets, which had faces with lifelike
proportions.

Mr Anderson said: "This is the most exciting project of my career. When I
worked with puppets, I strived to make them as believable as possible. Now I can
achieve 'hypermarionation'. This means the series will be made using
computer-generated images."

He added: "We are keeping the faces of the key characters, but we are
redesigning the uniforms, developing totally new vehicles and Cloud Base will be
bigger and better."

This site will provide you with any information I could find, while
trying to verify as much of it as I can! If you do come across some
information, please contact me, so we would share the knowledge with every
Captain Scarlet fans out there!

Cross
your fingers! The countdown has begun, and we may very well have in a near
future what we all wished for!

ADDED
JANUARY 1rst, 2003:

Showreel
from the Motion Pictures Company, where you can find some of the pilot
scenes. Now in Real Player, and still in Windows Media Player. You
can download the reel onto your PC and view it as many times as you wish.

Many of you must have learn by now that CARLTON INTERNATIONAL has prepared a Captain Scarlet pilot for an eventual new series or a feature film. The pilot, (titled
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons) of a length of about four minutes, is a mini-adventure of Captains Scarlet and Blue, against their Mysteron enemy, Captain Black. It features the voices of the original actor who performed the voices of the two heroes, back in 1967, Francis Matthews and Ed Bishop (no relations). It was screened for the first time at Fanderson's
Century 21 convention, in last October. It was written, produced and directed by Gerry Anderson and John Needham, with conceptual designs by Begg and storyboards by Robin Shaw.

As these lines are written, there is no assurance yet that the new series will ever be produced, but if the critics and enthusiasm for the short pilot are any indications, then there is still some chance they we may be able to see Captain Scarlet back to battle yet again the wrath of the Mysterons from Mars.

A
correction: the other CGI version that was previously presented on this
site as "au unauthorised rival attempt", and which has been promoted
on the internet these last months had indeed been requested by Carlton from
a company that had previously helped redesign some of the International Rescue
craft for SCI for its PC CD-ROM. Thanks to Anthony Clark, webmaster of another
Captain Scarlet' site, who
had pointed that out to me.

CGI Magazine had published an interesting an
complete article on the subject. It is available online.

Click on
the image to follow the link to the CGI Magazine article.

ADDED
NEWS 26th APRIL 2002:

From various sources: On a
live interview on BBC Radio Two "The Steve Wright Show", where
he was invited to promote the re-relaise of his biography "What
Made Thunderbirds Go", Gerry Anderson has given the following
information:

After intense negotiation
with Carlton Television, the CGI version of Captain Scarlet is on its way
to get produced, as a 26 episodes TV series. Work on this new series -
provisionally entitled "The New Captain Scarlet" should
be set to start in July at Pinewood Studios. The series should take two
years in the making - for it to be screen in 2004 - and will used
state-of-the-art CGI technology, as already shown in the four-minutes
mini-adventures shown during the Fanderson Century 21
convention. The characters will be the same, but everything else
will be updated and redesigned. (Wonder if this means the
ALREADY designed version of Cloudbase, and the SPV seen in the CGI
"pilot"... C.B.).

Gerry Anderson is presently
raising the 13 million UK Pounds needed for the project.

Thanks to the people who
had contacted me to give me that news!

ADDED
NEWS JULY 5th 2002:

SOURCE:
SFX magazine, July 2002.

An article
confirmed Gerry Anderson’s declaration in the interview given on BBC
Radio Two, concerning securing the right to remake the Captain Scarlet
series, using CGI technology. Gerry's new company, Anderson
Entertainment, is currently raising the funds to make the series of
26-minute episodes.

Quotes: "CGI
suits us more than almost anyone else in the world. We can make Captain
Scarlet characters do all the things they couldn't do before like
walk, hop skip, dance - anything."

For about two
years, the “Captain Scarlet pilot” has been presented at Conventions,
to show what might be achieved, but it may be possible that the end result
would be different from the format of that project.

Quotes: "The faces, the
voices, the attitude of the characters will be very, very similar to the
original show but we will be creating an all-new show. New uniforms, new
vehicles - it's an opportunity to create something new. Being realistic
about it, we're hoping to sell the show to territories that have never
seen the original. There will be an entirely new generation of children
who never saw it and many people who watched the original anyway will
probably have forgotten. I tend to think we will go back to square one.
Having said that, all these decisions will be made in the pre-production
period."

Considering
production cycle, the earliest
broadcast would be 2004.

More news will be added on this page as they come along. If any of you have further information, please contact me atscarlet1bishop@hotmail.com

The
Moving Picture Company having removed its showreel which sported all those
CGI Captain Scarlet scenes from the 4-minutes pilot, I removed the link I
had through it. However, I had saved that showreel and you can
visualize it, if you want, with Window Media Player by clicking on
the Captain Black image here.

Be warned that the download
can be very slow for some modems. Be patient. If you should
encounter problems, however, and be unable to download the reel, I'm
presently working on a possibility to accomodate you.

In the meantime, don't
despair. I put bellow a series of screen captures from that CGI
pilot, for you to enjoy.

Click
on the image to go to a page where you will be able to view the reel.